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Heigwer J, Steenbergen PJ, Gehrig J, Westhoff JH. Corticosteroids alter kidney development and increase glomerular filtration rate in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxicol Sci 2024; 201:216-225. [PMID: 38964340 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfae085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Pharmaceutical drugs and other chemicals can impact organogenesis, either during pregnancy or by postnatal exposure of very preterm infants. Corticosteroids are administered to pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery in order to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. In addition, high-dose corticosteroid exposure of very preterm infants regularly serves to maintain blood pressure and to prevent and treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a form of chronic lung disease in prematurely born infants. Despite clinical benefits, there is increasing evidence of corticosteroid-mediated short- and long-term detrimental developmental effects, especially in the kidney. Here, we performed a detailed morphological and functional analysis of corticosteroid-mediated effects on pronephros development in larval zebrafish. About 24-h postfertilization (hpf) transgenic Tg(wt1b: EGFP) zebrafish larvae were exposed to a set of natural and synthetic corticosteroids (hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, 6α-methylprednisolone, betamethasone, prednisolone, fludrocortisone, 11-deoxycorticosterone) with varying glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid potency for 24 h at different concentrations. A semiautomated, multiparametric in vivo workflow enabled simultaneous assessment of kidney morphology, renal FITC-inulin clearance, and heart rate within the same larva. All corticosteroids exerted significant morphological and functional effects on pronephros development, including a significant hypertrophy of the pronephric glomeruli as well as dose-dependent increases in FITC-inulin clearance as a marker of glomerular filtration rate. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates a significant impact of corticosteroid exposure on kidney development and function in larval zebrafish. Hence, these studies underline that corticosteroid exposure of the fetus and the preterm neonate should be carefully considered due to potential short- and long-term harm to the kidney.
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- Jana Heigwer
- Department I, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department I, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- ACQUIFER Imaging GmbH, Heidelberg 69126, Germany
- Luxendo GmbH, Fluorescence Microscopy Business Unit, Heidelberg 69126, Germany
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- Department I, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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Reum Kwon B, Jo AR, Lee I, Lee G, Joo Park Y, Pyo Lee J, Park NY, Kho Y, Kim S, Ji K, Choi K. Thyroid, neurodevelopmental, and kidney toxicities of common organic UV filters in embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), and their potential links. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 192:109030. [PMID: 39341038 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2024] [Revised: 09/20/2024] [Accepted: 09/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024]
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Organic UV filters (OUVFs) have been commonly used in sunscreen and many consumer products. Following dermal application, these compounds can enter circulation and may cause systemic effects in humans. In the present study, we chose four OUVFs frequently detected in the environment, i.e., avobenzone (AVB), benzophenone-3 (BP-3), octocrylene (OC), and octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC), and evaluated their thyroid, neurodevelopmental, and kidney toxicities. For this purpose, zebrafish embryos (<4 h post fertilization, hpf) were exposed to sublethal concentrations of AVB, BP-3, OC, or OMC until 120 hpf. Exposure to all OUVFs decreased thyroid hormone (TH) levels, probably by enhanced metabolism and excretion of THs (ugt1ab and/or sult1 st5) in the larval fish. Exposure to the OUVFs also induced hypoactivities and/or anxiety-like behaviors: Regulatory changes of mbp, gfap, c-fos, syn2a, sty1a, and stxbp1b genes, support the changes in normal neurobehavior of the larval fish. Moreover, the OUVFs exposure caused increased proteinuria in the fish, along with transcriptional changes of wt1, nephrin, podocin, and cdh17 genes, which could explain the observed reduction in kidney functions. Principal component analysis (PCA) implied the potential interplay of THs with neurogenesis, or podocyte differentiation of the larval fish. Toxicological consequences of altered TH homeostasis, neurobehavior, and kidney function at the early life stage warrant further investigations not only in humans but also in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Ba Reum Kwon
- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, Chungbuk 27469, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea; Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Environment & Safety, Eulji University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi 13135, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Environment & Safety, Eulji University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi 13135, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health, Yongin University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 17092, Republic of Korea; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yongin University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 17092, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Tsai JN, Wang YH, Lin PJ, Chang CF, Sun CY, Chen YH. Nephroprotective effects of coriander (Coriandrum sativum) leaves aqueous extracts in aristolochic acid-intoxicated zebrafish embryos. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2024; 39:4014-4021. [PMID: 38613516 DOI: 10.1002/tox.24279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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Coriander is a notable medicinal plant known for its diverse properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, analgesic, and anti-diabetic effects. Despite its recognized health benefits, research on its nephroprotective properties is limited. This study aimed to investigate the potential nephroprotective properties of an aqueous extract derived from coriander leaves using an aristolochic acid-intoxicated zebrafish model. To assess kidney abnormalities induced by aristolochic acid (AA), we utilized the transgenic line Tg(wt1b:egfp), which expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the kidney. Our previous report indicated that AA exposure leads to acute renal failure in zebrafish characterized by kidney malformation and impaired renal function. However, pretreatment of coriander extract (CE) can mitigate kidney malformations induced by AA. In addition, CE pretreatment reduces the accumulation of red blood cells in the glomerular region. To verify the nephroprotective effects of CE, we analyzed renal function by measuring the glomerular filtration rate in zebrafish embryos. Results indicate that CE partially mitigates renal function impairment caused by AA exposure, suggesting its potential to attenuate AA-induced renal failure. Mechanistically, pretreatment with CE reduces the expression of proinflammatory and proapoptotic genes induced by AA. This suggests that CE likely alleviates acute renal failure by reducing inflammation and apoptosis. As a result, we regard zebrafish as a valuable model for screening natural compounds that have the potential to alleviate AA-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- Jen-Ning Tsai
- Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Division of Basic Research, Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Koo Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Pollitt EJG, Sánchez-Posada J, Snashall CM, Derrick CJ, Noël ES. Llgl1 mediates timely epicardial emergence and establishment of an apical laminin sheath around the trabeculating cardiac ventricle. Development 2024; 151:dev202482. [PMID: 38940292 PMCID: PMC11234374 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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During heart development, the embryonic ventricle becomes enveloped by the epicardium, which adheres to the outer apical surface of the heart. This is concomitant with onset of ventricular trabeculation, where a subset of cardiomyocytes lose apicobasal polarity and delaminate basally from the ventricular wall. Llgl1 regulates the formation of apical cell junctions and apicobasal polarity, and we investigated its role in ventricular wall maturation. We found that llgl1 mutant zebrafish embryos exhibit aberrant apical extrusion of ventricular cardiomyocytes. While investigating apical cardiomyocyte extrusion, we identified a basal-to-apical shift in laminin deposition from the internal to the external ventricular wall. We find that epicardial cells express several laminin subunits as they adhere to the ventricle, and that the epicardium is required for laminin deposition on the ventricular surface. In llgl1 mutants, timely establishment of the epicardial layer is disrupted due to delayed emergence of epicardial cells, resulting in delayed apical deposition of laminin on the ventricular surface. Together, our analyses reveal an unexpected role for Llgl1 in correct timing of epicardial development, supporting integrity of the ventricular myocardial wall.
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- Eric J. G. Pollitt
- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Huang L, Xu J, Jia K, Wu Y, Yuan W, Liao Z, Cheng B, Luo Q, Tian G, Lu H. Butylparaben induced zebrafish (Danio rerio) kidney injury by down-regulating the PI3K-AKT pathway. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 470:134129. [PMID: 38565019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Butylparaben, a common endocrine disruptor in the environment, is known to be toxic to the reproductive system, heart, and intestines, but its nephrotoxicity has rarely been reported. In order to study the nephrotoxicity and mechanism of butylparaben, we examined the acute and chronic effects on human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293T) and zebrafish. Additionally, we assessed the potential remedial effects of salidroside against butylparaben-induced nephrotoxicity. Our in vitro findings demonstrated oxidative stress and cytotoxicity to HEK293T cells caused by butylparaben. In the zebrafish model, the concentration of butylparaben exposure ranged from 0.5 to 15 μM. An assortment of experimental techniques was employed, including the assessment of kidney tissue morphology using Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, kidney function analysis via fluorescent dextran injection, and gene expression studies related to kidney injury, development, and function. Additionally, butylparaben caused lipid peroxidation in the kidney, thereby damaging glomeruli and renal tubules, which resulted from the downregulation of the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. Furthermore, salidroside ameliorated butylparaben-induced nephrotoxicity through the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. This study reveals the seldom-reported kidney toxicity of butylparaben and the protective effect of salidroside against toxicological reactions related to nephrotoxicity. It offers valuable insights into the risks to kidney health posed by environmental toxins.
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- Lirong Huang
- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Ganzhou Key Laboratory for Drug Screening and Discovery, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Center for Clinical Medicine Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China.
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Schindler M, Endlich N. Zebrafish as a model for podocyte research. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2024; 326:F369-F381. [PMID: 38205541 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00335.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Podocytes, specialized postmitotic cells, are central players in various kidney-related diseases. Zebrafish have become a valuable model system for studying podocyte biology because they are genetically easy to manipulate, transparent, and their glomerular structure is similar to that of mammals. This review provides an overview of the knowledge of podocyte biology in zebrafish larvae, with particular focus on their essential contribution to understanding the mechanisms that underlie kidney diseases as well as supporting drug development. In addition, special attention is given to advances in live-imaging techniques allowing the observation of dynamic processes, including podocyte motility, podocyte process behavior, and glomerulus maturation. The review further addresses the functional aspects of podocytes in zebrafish larvae. This includes topics such as glomerular filtration, ultrastructural analyses, and evaluation of podocyte response to nephrotoxic insults. Studies presented in this context have provided important insights into the maintenance and resistance of the glomerular filtration barrier in zebrafish larvae and explored the potential transferability of these findings to mammals such as mice, rats, and most importantly, humans. The recent ability to identify potential therapeutic targets represents a promising new way to identify drugs that could effectively treat podocyte-associated glomerulopathies in humans. In summary, this review gives an overview about the importance of zebrafish as a model for podocyte-related disease and targeted drug development. It also highlights the key role of advanced imaging techniques in transparent zebrafish larvae, improving our understanding of glomerular diseases and the significant potential for translation of these findings to humans.
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- Maximilian Schindler
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Wang L, Liang C, Zheng N, Yang C, Yan S, Wang X, Zuo Z, He C. Kidney injury contributes to edema of zebrafish larvae caused by quantum dots. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168420. [PMID: 37963533 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Edema represents a notable outcome in fishes exposed to aquatic pollutants, yet the underlying etiology remains inadequately understood. This investigation delves into the etiological factors of edema formation in 7 days post fertilization (dpf) zebrafish larvae following their exposure to InP/ZnS quantum dots (QDs), which was chosen as a prototypical edema inducer. Given the fundamental role of the kidney in osmoregulation, we used transgenic zebrafish lines featuring fluorescent protein labeling of the glomerulus, renal tubule, and blood vessels, in conjunction with histopathological scrutiny. We identified the pronounced morphological and structural aberrations within the pronephros. By means of tissue mass spectrometry imaging and hyperspectral microscopy, we discerned the accumulation of InP/ZnS QDs in the pronephros. Moreover, InP/ZnS QDs impeded the renal clearance capacity of the pronephros, as substantiated by diminished uptake of FITC-dextran. InP/ZnS QDs also disturbed the expression levels of marker genes associated with kidney development and osmoregulatory function at the earlier time points, which preceded the onset of edema. These results suggest that impaired fluid clearance most likely resulting from pronephros injury contributes to the emergence of zebrafish edema. Briefly, our study provides a perspective: the kidney developmental injury induced by exogenous substances may regulate edema in a zebrafish model.
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- Luanjin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (i-ChEM), Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (i-ChEM), Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China; Department of Endocrinology, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Nephrology, Fujian Clinical Research Center for Chronic Glomerular Disease, The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiang'an Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China; Department of Endocrinology, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Claude-Taupin A, Isnard P, Bagattin A, Kuperwasser N, Roccio F, Ruscica B, Goudin N, Garfa-Traoré M, Regnier A, Turinsky L, Burtin M, Foretz M, Pontoglio M, Morel E, Viollet B, Terzi F, Codogno P, Dupont N. The AMPK-Sirtuin 1-YAP axis is regulated by fluid flow intensity and controls autophagy flux in kidney epithelial cells. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8056. [PMID: 38052799 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43775-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Shear stress generated by urinary fluid flow is an important regulator of renal function. Its dysregulation is observed in various chronic and acute kidney diseases. Previously, we demonstrated that primary cilium-dependent autophagy allows kidney epithelial cells to adapt their metabolism in response to fluid flow. Here, we show that nuclear YAP/TAZ negatively regulates autophagy flux in kidney epithelial cells subjected to fluid flow. This crosstalk is supported by a primary cilium-dependent activation of AMPK and SIRT1, independently of the Hippo pathway. We confirm the relevance of the YAP/TAZ-autophagy molecular dialog in vivo using a zebrafish model of kidney development and a unilateral ureteral obstruction mouse model. In addition, an in vitro assay simulating pathological accelerated flow observed at early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) activates YAP, leading to a primary cilium-dependent inhibition of autophagic flux. We confirm this YAP/autophagy relationship in renal biopsies from patients suffering from diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of CKD. Our findings demonstrate the importance of YAP/TAZ and autophagy in the translation of fluid flow into cellular and physiological responses. Dysregulation of this pathway is associated with the early onset of CKD.
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- Aurore Claude-Taupin
- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France.
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, US24-UMS3633, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016 - CNRS UMR8104 - Université Paris Cité, 75014, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016 - CNRS UMR8104 - Université Paris Cité, 75014, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM UMR-S1151, CNRS UMR-S8253, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France.
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Wiener SV. Effects of the environment on the evolution of the vertebrate urinary tract. Nat Rev Urol 2023; 20:719-738. [PMID: 37443264 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-023-00794-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
Evolution of the vertebrate urinary system occurs in response to numerous selective pressures, which have been incompletely characterized. Developing research into urinary evolution led to the occurrence of clinical applications and insights in paediatric urology, reproductive medicine, urolithiasis and other domains. Each nephron segment and urinary organ has functions that can be contextualized within an evolutionary framework. For example, the structure and function of the glomerulus and proximal tubule are highly conserved, enabling blood cells and proteins to be retained, and facilitating the elimination of oceanic Ca+ and Mg+. Urea emerged as an osmotic mediator during evolution, as cells of large organisms required increased precision in the internal regulation of salinity and solutes. As the first vertebrates moved from water to land, acid-base regulation was shifted from gills to skin and kidneys in amphibians. In reptiles and birds, solute regulation no longer occurred through the skin but through nasal salt glands and post-renally, within the cloaca and the rectum. In placental mammals, nasal salt glands are absent and the rectum and urinary tracts became separate, which limited post-renal urine concentration and led to the necessity of a kidney capable of high urine concentration. Considering the evolutionary and environmental selective pressures that have contributed to renal evolution can help to gain an increased understanding of renal physiology.
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- Scott V Wiener
- Department of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
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Belcher B, Vestal J, Lane S, Kell M, Smith L, Camarata T. The zebrafish paralog six2b is required for early proximal pronephros morphogenesis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19699. [PMID: 37952044 PMCID: PMC10640633 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47046-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
Abstract
The transcription factor Six2 plays a crucial role in maintaining self-renewing nephron progenitor cap mesenchyme (CM) during metanephric kidney development. In mouse and human, expression at single-cell resolution has detected Six2 in cells as they leave the CM pool and differentiate. The role Six2 may play in these cells as they differentiate remains unknown. Here, we took advantage of the zebrafish pronephric kidney which forms directly from intermediate mesoderm to test six2b function during pronephric tubule development and differentiation. Expression of six2b during early zebrafish development was consistent with a role in pronephros formation. Using morpholino knock-down and CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis, we show a functional role for six2b in the development of proximal elements of the pronephros. By 48 h post-fertilization, six2b morphants and mutants showed disrupted pronephric tubule morphogenesis. We observed a lower-than-expected frequency of phenotypes in six2b stable genetic mutants suggesting compensation. Supporting this, we detected increased expression of six2a in six2b stable mutant embryos. To further confirm six2b function, F0 crispant embryos were analyzed and displayed similar phenotypes as morphants and stable mutants. Together our data suggests a conserved role for Six2 during nephrogenesis and a role in the morphogenesis of the proximal tubule.
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- Beau Belcher
- Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA
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- Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA
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- Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA
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- Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA
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- Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA
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- Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA.
- Biomedical Sciences, Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Baptist Health Sciences University, 1003 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104, USA.
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Riedmann H, Kayser S, Helmstädter M, Epting D, Bergmann C. Kif21a deficiency leads to impaired glomerular filtration barrier function. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19161. [PMID: 37932480 PMCID: PMC10628293 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46270-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The renal glomerulus represents the major filtration body of the vertebrate nephron and is responsible for urine production and a number of other functions such as metabolic waste elimination and the regulation of water, electrolyte and acid-base balance. Podocytes are highly specialized epithelial cells that form a crucial part of the glomerular filtration barrier (GFB) by establishing a slit diaphragm for semipermeable plasma ultrafiltration. Defects of the GFB lead to proteinuria and impaired kidney function often resulting in end-stage renal failure. Although significant knowledge has been acquired in recent years, many aspects in podocyte biology are still incompletely understood. By using zebrafish as a vertebrate in vivo model, we report a novel role of the Kinesin-like motor protein Kif21a in glomerular filtration. Our studies demonstrate specific Kif21a localization to the podocytes. Its deficiency resulted in altered podocyte morphology leading to podocyte foot process effacement and altered slit diaphragm formation. Finally, we proved considerable functional consequences of Kif21a deficiency by demonstrating a leaky GFB resulting in severe proteinuria. Conclusively, our data identified a novel role of Kif21a for proper GFB function and adds another piece to the understanding of podocyte architecture and regulation.
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- Hanna Riedmann
- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str.113, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str.113, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str.113, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str.113, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str.113, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
- Limbach Genetics, Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Haifa-Allee 38, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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Ott E, Hoff S, Indorf L, Ditengou FA, Müller J, Renschler G, Lienkamp SS, Kramer-Zucker A, Bergmann C, Epting D. A novel role for the chloride intracellular channel protein Clic5 in ciliary function. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17647. [PMID: 37848494 PMCID: PMC10582032 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44235-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
Abstract
CLIC5 belongs to a family of ion channels with six members reported so far. In vertebrates, the CLIC5 gene encodes two different isoforms, CLIC5A and CLIC5B. In addition to its ion channel activity, there is evidence for further functions of CLIC5A, such as the remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during the formation of a functional glomerulus in the vertebrate kidney. However, its specific role is still incompletely understood and a specific functional role for CLIC5B has not been described yet. Here we report our findings on the differential expression and functions of Clic5a and Clic5b during zebrafish kidney development. Whole-mount in situ hybridization studies revealed specific expression of clic5a in the eye and pronephric glomerulus, and clic5b is expressed in the gut, liver and the pronephric tubules. Clic5 immunostainings revealed that Clic5b is localized in the cilia. Whereas knockdown of Clic5a resulted in leakiness of the glomerular filtration barrier, Clic5b deficient embryos displayed defective ciliogenesis, leading to ciliopathy-associated phenotypes such as ventral body curvature, otolith deposition defects, altered left-right asymmetry and formation of hydrocephalus and pronephric cysts. In addition, Clic5 deficiency resulted in dysregulation of cilia-dependent Wnt signalling pathway components. Mechanistically, we identified a Clic5-dependent activation of the membrane-cytoskeletal linker proteins Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) in the pronephric tubules of zebrafish. In conclusion, our in vivo data demonstrates a novel role for Clic5 in regulating essential ciliary functions and identified Clic5 as a positive regulator of ERM phosphorylation.
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- Elisabeth Ott
- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Bio Imaging Core Light Microscopy (BiMiC), Medical Faculty-Institute for Disease Modeling and Targeted Medicine (IMITATE), 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Limbach Genetics, Medizinische Genetik Mainz, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Limbach Genetics, Medizinische Genetik Mainz, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for Biological Signaling Studies (BIOSS), 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
- Limbach Genetics, Medizinische Genetik Mainz, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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Kourpa A, Schulz A, Mangelsen E, Kaiser-Graf D, Koppers N, Stoll M, Rothe M, Bader M, Purfürst B, Kunz S, Gladytz T, Niendorf T, Bachmann S, Mutig K, Bolbrinker J, Panáková D, Kreutz R. Studies in Zebrafish and Rat Models Support Dual Blockade of EP2 and EP4 (Prostaglandin E 2 Receptors Type 2 and 4) for Renoprotection in Glomerular Hyperfiltration and Albuminuria. Hypertension 2023; 80:771-782. [PMID: 36715011 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.20392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Glomerular hyperfiltration (GH) is an important mechanism in the development of albuminuria in hypertension. Upregulation of COX2 (cyclooxygenase 2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was linked to podocyte damage in GH. We explored the potential renoprotective effects of either separate or combined pharmacological blockade of EP2 (PGE2 receptor type 2) and EP4 (PGE2 receptor type 4) in GH. METHODS We conducted in vivo studies in a transgenic zebrafish model (Tg[fabp10a:gc-EGFP]) suitable for analysis of glomerular filtration barrier function and a genetic rat model with GH, albuminuria, and upregulation of PGE2. Similar pharmacological interventions and primary outcome analysis on albuminuria phenotype development were conducted in both model systems. RESULTS Stimulation of zebrafish embryos with PGE2 induced an albuminuria-like phenotype, thus mimicking the suggested PGE2 effects on glomerular filtration barrier dysfunction. Both separate and combined blockade of EP2 and EP4 reduced albuminuria phenotypes in zebrafish and rat models. A significant correlation between albuminuria and podocyte damage in electron microscopy imaging was identified in the rat model. Dual blockade of both receptors showed a pronounced synergistic suppression of albuminuria. Importantly, this occurred without changes in arterial blood pressure, glomerular filtration rate, or tissue oxygenation in magnetic resonance imaging, while RNA sequencing analysis implicated a potential role of circadian clock genes. CONCLUSIONS Our findings confirm a role of PGE2 in the development of albuminuria in GH and support the renoprotective potential of combined pharmacological blockade of EP2 and EP4 receptors. These data support further translational research to explore this therapeutic option and a possible role of circadian clock genes.
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- Aikaterini Kourpa
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.,Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Institute for Human Genetics, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany (N.K., M.S.)
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Institute for Human Genetics, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany (N.K., M.S.)
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.).,German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Berlin, Germany (M.B.).,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (M.B.).,Institute for Biology, University of Lübeck, Germany (M.B.)
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Institute of Vegetative Anatomy (S.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Translational Physiology (K.M.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany (A.K., M.B., B.P., S.K., T.G., T.N., D.P.)
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.K., A.S., E.M., D.K.-G., J.B., R.K.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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Kolvenbach CM, Dworschak GC, Rieke JM, Woolf AS, Reutter H, Odermatt B, Hilger AC. Modelling human lower urinary tract malformations in zebrafish. Mol Cell Pediatr 2023; 10:2. [PMID: 36977792 PMCID: PMC10050536 DOI: 10.1186/s40348-023-00156-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Advances in molecular biology are improving our understanding of the genetic causes underlying human congenital lower urinary tract (i.e., bladder and urethral) malformations. This has recently led to the identification of the first disease-causing variants in the gene BNC2 for isolated lower urinary tract anatomical obstruction (LUTO), and of WNT3 and SLC20A1 as genes implicated in the pathogenesis of the group of conditions called bladder-exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC). Implicating candidate genes from human genetic data requires evidence of their influence on lower urinary tract development and evidence of the found genetic variants' pathogenicity. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has many advantages for use as a vertebrate model organism for the lower urinary tract. Rapid reproduction with numerous offspring, comparable anatomical kidney and lower urinary tract homology, and easy genetic manipulability by Morpholino®-based knockdown or CRISPR/Cas editing are among its advantages. In addition, established marker staining for well-known molecules involved in urinary tract development using whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) and the usage of transgenic lines expressing fluorescent protein under a tissue-specific promoter allow easy visualization of phenotypic abnormalities of genetically modified zebrafish. Assays to examine the functionality of the excretory organs can also be modeled in vivo with the zebrafish. The approach of using these multiple techniques in zebrafish not only enables rapid and efficient investigation of candidate genes for lower urinary tract malformations derived from human data, but also cautiously allows transferability of causality from a non-mammalian vertebrate to humans.
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- Caroline M Kolvenbach
- Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Research Center On Rare Kidney Diseases (RECORD), University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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Nguyen TK, Petrikas M, Chambers BE, Wingert RA. Principles of Zebrafish Nephron Segment Development. J Dev Biol 2023; 11:jdb11010014. [PMID: 36976103 PMCID: PMC10052950 DOI: 10.3390/jdb11010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Nephrons are the functional units which comprise the kidney. Each nephron contains a number of physiologically unique populations of specialized epithelial cells that are organized into discrete domains known as segments. The principles of nephron segment development have been the subject of many studies in recent years. Understanding the mechanisms of nephrogenesis has enormous potential to expand our knowledge about the basis of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), and to contribute to ongoing regenerative medicine efforts aimed at identifying renal repair mechanisms and generating replacement kidney tissue. The study of the zebrafish embryonic kidney, or pronephros, provides many opportunities to identify the genes and signaling pathways that control nephron segment development. Here, we describe recent advances of nephron segment patterning and differentiation in the zebrafish, with a focus on distal segment formation.
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- Thanh Khoa Nguyen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Warren Center for Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Warren Center for Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Warren Center for Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Warren Center for Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Zuppo DA, Missinato MA, Santana-Santos L, Li G, Benos PV, Tsang M. Foxm1 regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation in adult zebrafish after cardiac injury. Development 2023; 150:dev201163. [PMID: 36846912 PMCID: PMC10108034 DOI: 10.1242/dev.201163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
Abstract
The regenerative capacity of the mammalian heart is poor, with one potential reason being that adult cardiomyocytes cannot proliferate at sufficient levels to replace lost tissue. During development and neonatal stages, cardiomyocytes can successfully divide under injury conditions; however, as these cells mature their ability to proliferate is lost. Therefore, understanding the regulatory programs that can induce post-mitotic cardiomyocytes into a proliferative state is essential to enhance cardiac regeneration. Here, we report that the forkhead transcription factor Foxm1 is required for cardiomyocyte proliferation after injury through transcriptional regulation of cell cycle genes. Transcriptomic analysis of injured zebrafish hearts revealed that foxm1 expression is increased in border zone cardiomyocytes. Decreased cardiomyocyte proliferation and expression of cell cycle genes in foxm1 mutant hearts was observed, suggesting it is required for cell cycle checkpoints. Subsequent analysis of a candidate Foxm1 target gene, cenpf, revealed that this microtubule and kinetochore binding protein is also required for cardiac regeneration. Moreover, cenpf mutants show increased cardiomyocyte binucleation. Thus, foxm1 and cenpf are required for cardiomyocytes to complete mitosis during zebrafish cardiac regeneration.
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- Daniel A. Zuppo
- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- Avidity Biosciences, 10578 Science Center Dr. Suite 125, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Drummond BE, Ercanbrack WS, Wingert RA. Modeling Podocyte Ontogeny and Podocytopathies with the Zebrafish. J Dev Biol 2023; 11:9. [PMID: 36810461 PMCID: PMC9944608 DOI: 10.3390/jdb11010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Podocytes are exquisitely fashioned kidney cells that serve an essential role in the process of blood filtration. Congenital malformation or damage to podocytes has dire consequences and initiates a cascade of pathological changes leading to renal disease states known as podocytopathies. In addition, animal models have been integral to discovering the molecular pathways that direct the development of podocytes. In this review, we explore how researchers have used the zebrafish to illuminate new insights about the processes of podocyte ontogeny, model podocytopathies, and create opportunities to discover future therapies.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Warren Center for Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Bonatesta F, Messerschmidt VL, Schneider L, Lee J, Lund AK, Mager EM. Acute exposure of early-life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio) to Deepwater Horizon crude oil impairs glomerular filtration and renal fluid clearance capacity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:21990-21999. [PMID: 36280635 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23805-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The pronephros (early-stage kidney) is an important osmoregulatory organ, and the onset of its function occurs relatively early in some teleost fishes. As such, any defects in kidney development and function are likely associated with a decreased ability to osmoregulate. Previous work has shown that early-life stage (ELS) zebrafish (Danio rerio) acutely exposed to Deepwater Horizon (DWH) crude oil exhibit transcriptional changes in key genes involved in pronephros development and function, as well as pronephric morphological defects and whole-animal osmoregulatory impairment. The objective of this study was to examine the acute effects of crude oil exposure during zebrafish ELS on pronephros function by assessing its fluid clearance capacity and glomerular filtration integrity. Following a 72-h exposure to control conditions, 20% or 40% dilutions of high-energy water-accommodated fractions (HEWAF) of DWH crude oil, zebrafish were injected into the common cardinal vein either with fluorescein-labeled (FITC) 70-kDa dextran to assess glomerular filtration integrity or with FITC-inulin to assess pronephric clearance capacity. Fluorescence was quantified after the injections at predetermined time intervals by fluorescence microscopy. The results demonstrated a diminished pronephric fluid clearance capacity and failed glomerular perfusion when larvae were exposed to 40% HEWAF dilutions, whereas only a reduced glomerular filtration selectivity was observed in zebrafish previously exposed to the 20% HEWAF dilution.
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- Fabrizio Bonatesta
- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #310559, Denton, TX, 76203-5017, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #310559, Denton, TX, 76203-5017, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #310559, Denton, TX, 76203-5017, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #310559, Denton, TX, 76203-5017, USA
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Kourpa A, Kaiser-Graf D, Sporbert A, Philippe A, Catar R, Rothe M, Mangelsen E, Schulz A, Bolbrinker J, Kreutz R, Panáková D. 15-keto-Prostaglandin E2 exhibits bioactive role by modulating glomerular cytoarchitecture through EP2/EP4 receptors. Life Sci 2022; 310:121114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kolvenbach CM, Felger T, Schierbaum L, Thiffault I, Pastinen T, Szczepańska M, Zaniew M, Adamczyk P, Bayat A, Yilmaz Ö, Lindenberg TT, Thiele H, Hildebrandt F, Hinderhofer K, Moog U, Hilger AC, Sullivan B, Bartik L, Gnyś P, Grote P, Odermatt B, Reutter HM, Dworschak GC. X-linked variations in SHROOM4are implicated in congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and the anorectal, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. J Med Genet 2022; 60:587-596. [PMID: 36379543 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2022-108738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BackgroundSHROOM4is thought to play an important role in cytoskeletal modification and development of the early nervous system. Previously, single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) or copy number variations (CNVs) inSHROOM4have been associated with the neurodevelopmental disorder Stocco dos Santos syndrome, but not with congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and the visceral or the cardiovascular system.MethodsHere, exome sequencing and CNV analyses besides expression studies in zebrafish and mouse andknockdown(KD) experiments using a splice blocking morpholino in zebrafish were performed to study the role ofSHROOM4during embryonic development.ResultsIn this study, we identified putative disease-causing SNVs and CNVs inSHROOM4in six individuals from four families with congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and the anorectal, cardiovascular and central nervous systems (CNS). Embryonic mouse and zebrafish expression studies showedShroom4expression in the upper and lower urinary tract, the developing cloaca, the heart and the cerebral CNS. KD studies in zebrafish larvae revealed pronephric cysts, anomalies of the cloaca and the heart, decreased eye-to-head ratio and higher mortality compared with controls. These phenotypes could be rescued by co-injection of human wild-typeSHROOM4mRNA and morpholino.ConclusionThe identified SNVs and CNVs in affected individuals with congenital anomalies of the urinary tract, the anorectal, the cardiovascular and the central nervous systems, and subsequent embryonic mouse and zebrafish studies suggestSHROOM4as a developmental gene for different organ systems.
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Drummond BE, Chambers BE, Wesselman HM, Gibson S, Arceri L, Ulrich MN, Gerlach GF, Kroeger PT, Leshchiner I, Goessling W, Wingert RA. osr1 Maintains Renal Progenitors and Regulates Podocyte Development by Promoting wnt2ba via the Antagonism of hand2. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10112868. [PMID: 36359386 PMCID: PMC9687957 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Knowledge about the genetic pathways that control nephron development is essential for better understanding the basis of congenital malformations of the kidney. The transcription factors Osr1 and Hand2 are known to exert antagonistic influences to balance kidney specification. Here, we performed a forward genetic screen to identify nephrogenesis regulators, where whole genome sequencing identified an osr1 lesion in the novel oceanside (ocn) mutant. The characterization of the mutant revealed that osr1 is needed to specify not renal progenitors but rather their maintenance. Additionally, osr1 promotes the expression of wnt2ba in the intermediate mesoderm (IM) and later the podocyte lineage. wnt2ba deficiency reduced podocytes, where overexpression of wnt2ba was sufficient to rescue podocytes and osr1 deficiency. Antagonism between osr1 and hand2 mediates podocyte development specifically by controlling wnt2ba expression. These studies reveal new insights about the roles of Osr1 in promoting renal progenitor survival and lineage choice.
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- Bridgette E. Drummond
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Genetics and Gastroenterology Division, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Genetics and Gastroenterology Division, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Genetics and Gastroenterology Division, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-574-631-0907
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Bonatesta F, Khursigara AJ, Ackerly KL, Esbaugh AJ, Mager EM. Early life-stage Deepwater Horizon crude oil exposure induces latent osmoregulatory defects in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 260:109405. [PMID: 35811062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2022.109405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Crude oil is known to induce developmental defects in teleost fish exposed during early-life stages (ELSs). A recent study has demonstrated that zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae acutely exposed to Deepwater Horizon (DHW) crude oil showed transcriptional changes in key genes involved in early kidney (pronephros) development and function, which were coupled with pronephric morphological defects. Given the osmoregulatory importance of the kidney, it is unknown whether ELS effects arising from short-term crude exposures result in long-term osmoregulatory defects, particularly within estuarine fishes likely exposed to DWH oil following the spill. To address this knowledge gap, an acute 72 h exposure to red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae was performed using high-energy water-accommodated fractions (HEWAFs) of DWH weathered oil to analyze transcriptional changes in genes involved in pronephros development and function by quantitative PCR. To test the latent effects of oil exposure on osmoregulation ability, red drum larvae were first exposed to HEWAF for 24 h. Larvae were then reared in clean seawater for two weeks and a 96 h acute osmotic challenge test was performed by exposing the fish to waters with varying salinities. Latent effects of ELS crude oil exposure on osmoregulation were assessed by quantifying survival during the acute osmotic challenge test and analyzing transcriptional changes at 14 dpf. Results demonstrated that ELS crude oil exposure reduced survival of red drum larvae when challenged in hypoosmotic waters and that latent transcriptional changes in some target pronephric genes were evident, indicating that an affected kidney likely contributed to the increased mortality.
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- Fabrizio Bonatesta
- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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Mattonet K, Riemslagh FW, Guenther S, Prummel KD, Kesavan G, Hans S, Ebersberger I, Brand M, Burger A, Reischauer S, Mosimann C, Stainier DYR. Endothelial versus pronephron fate decision is modulated by the transcription factors Cloche/Npas4l, Tal1, and Lmo2. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabn2082. [PMID: 36044573 PMCID: PMC9432843 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn2082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Endothelial specification is a key event during embryogenesis; however, when, and how, endothelial cells separate from other lineages is poorly understood. In zebrafish, Npas4l is indispensable for endothelial specification by inducing the expression of the transcription factor genes etsrp, tal1, and lmo2. We generated a knock-in reporter in zebrafish npas4l to visualize endothelial progenitors and their derivatives in wild-type and mutant embryos. Unexpectedly, we find that in npas4l mutants, npas4l reporter-expressing cells contribute to the pronephron tubules. Single-cell transcriptomics and live imaging of the early lateral plate mesoderm in wild-type embryos indeed reveals coexpression of endothelial and pronephron markers, a finding confirmed by creERT2-based lineage tracing. Increased contribution of npas4l reporter-expressing cells to pronephron tubules is also observed in tal1 and lmo2 mutants and is reversed in npas4l mutants injected with tal1 mRNA. Together, these data reveal that Npas4l/Tal1/Lmo2 regulate the fate decision between the endothelial and pronephron lineages.
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- Kenny Mattonet
- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- CPI (Cardio Pulmonary Institute), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- DZL (German Center for Lung Research), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
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- Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- CPI (Cardio Pulmonary Institute), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- Bioinformatics and Deep Sequencing Platform, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany
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- Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies at TU Dresden (CRTD); Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies at TU Dresden (CRTD); Dresden, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (S-BIKF), Frankfurt 60325, Germany
- LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), Frankfurt 60325, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies at TU Dresden (CRTD); Dresden, Germany
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- Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany
- CPI (Cardio Pulmonary Institute), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
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- Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- CPI (Cardio Pulmonary Institute), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- DZL (German Center for Lung Research), partner site, 43, D-61231 Bad Nauheim
- Corresponding author.
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Lim S, Kang H, Kwon B, Lee JP, Lee J, Choi K. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism for screening nephrotoxic chemicals and related mechanisms. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 242:113842. [PMID: 35810668 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Because of essential role in homeostasis of the body fluid and excretion of wastes, kidney damage can lead to severe impacts on health and survival of humans. For most chemicals, nephrotoxic potentials and associated mechanisms are unclear. Hence, fast and sensitive screening measures for nephrotoxic chemicals are required. In this study, the utility of zebrafish (Danio rerio) was evaluated for the investigation of chemical-induced kidney toxicity and associated modes of toxicity, based on the literature review. Zebrafish has a well-understood biology, and many overlapping physiological characteristics with mammals. One such characteristic is its kidneys, of which histology and functions are similar to those of mammals, although unique differences of zebrafish kidneys, such as kidney marrow, should be noted. Moreover, the zebrafish kidney is simpler in structure and easy to observe. For these advantages, zebrafish has been increasingly used as an experimental model for screening nephrotoxicity of chemicals and for understanding related mechanisms. Multiple endpoints of zebrafish model, from functional level, i.e., glomerular filtration, to transcriptional changes of key genes, have been assessed to identify chemical-induced kidney toxicities, and to elucidate underlying mechanisms. The most frequently studied mechanisms of chemical-induced nephrotoxicity in zebrafish include oxidative stress, inflammation, DNA damage, apoptosis, fibrosis, and cell death. To date, several pharmaceuticals, oxidizing agents, natural products, biocides, alcohols, and consumer chemicals have been demonstrated to exert different types of kidney toxicities in zebrafish. The present review shows that zebrafish model can be efficiently employed for quick and reliable assessment of kidney damage potentials of chemicals, and related toxic mechanisms. The toxicological information obtained from this model can be utilized for identification of nephrotoxic chemicals and hence for protection of public health.
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- Soyoung Lim
- Environmental Health Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, South Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, South Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Devane J, Ott E, Olinger EG, Epting D, Decker E, Friedrich A, Bachmann N, Renschler G, Eisenberger T, Briem-Richter A, Grabhorn EF, Powell L, Wilson IJ, Rice SJ, Miles CG, Wood K, Trivedi P, Hirschfield G, Pietrobattista A, Wohler E, Mezina A, Sobreira N, Agolini E, Maggiore G, Dahmer-Heath M, Yilmaz A, Boerries M, Metzger P, Schell C, Grünewald I, Konrad M, König J, Schlevogt B, Sayer JA, Bergmann C. Progressive liver, kidney, and heart degeneration in children and adults affected by TULP3 mutations. Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109:928-943. [PMID: 35397207 PMCID: PMC9118107 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Organ fibrosis is a shared endpoint of many diseases, yet underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Several pathways governed by the primary cilium, a sensory antenna present on most vertebrate cells, have been linked with fibrosis. Ciliopathies usually start early in life and represent a considerable disease burden. We performed massively parallel sequencing by using cohorts of genetically unsolved individuals with unexplained liver and kidney failure and correlated this with clinical, imaging, and histopathological analyses. Mechanistic studies were conducted with a vertebrate model and primary cells. We detected bi-allelic deleterious variants in TULP3, encoding a critical adaptor protein for ciliary trafficking, in a total of 15 mostly adult individuals, originating from eight unrelated families, with progressive degenerative liver fibrosis, fibrocystic kidney disease, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with atypical fibrotic patterns on histopathology. We recapitulated the human phenotype in adult zebrafish and confirmed disruption of critical ciliary cargo composition in several primary cell lines derived from affected individuals. Further, we show interaction between TULP3 and the nuclear deacetylase SIRT1, with roles in DNA damage repair and fibrosis, and report increased DNA damage ex vivo. Transcriptomic studies demonstrated upregulation of profibrotic pathways with gene clusters for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and WNT and TGF-β signaling. These findings identify variants in TULP3 as a monogenic cause for progressive degenerative disease of major organs in which affected individuals benefit from early detection and improved clinical management. Elucidation of mechanisms crucial for DNA damage repair and tissue maintenance will guide novel therapeutic avenues for this and similar genetic and non-genomic diseases.
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- John Devane
- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Limbach Genetics, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Limbach Genetics, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Limbach Genetics, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Limbach Genetics, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Pediatrics, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Pediatrics, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Histopathology Department, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK
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- NIHR Birmingham BRC, Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2GW, UK; Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M6H 3M1, Canada
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- Hepatogastroenterology and Liver Transplant Unit and Medical Genetics Laboratory, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy
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- McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Hepatogastroenterology and Liver Transplant Unit and Medical Genetics Laboratory, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology I, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany; The German Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Freiburg and Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79002 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine B, Gastroenterology, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK; Renal Services, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK; Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, NIHR, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK.
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany; Medizinische Genetik Mainz, Limbach Genetics, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Wiggenhauser LM, Metzger L, Bennewitz K, Soleymani S, Boger M, Tabler CT, Hausser I, Sticht C, Wohlfart P, Volk N, Heidenreich E, Buettner M, Hammes HP, Kroll J. pdx1 Knockout Leads to a Diabetic Nephropathy- Like Phenotype in Zebrafish and Identifies Phosphatidylethanolamine as Metabolite Promoting Early Diabetic Kidney Damage. Diabetes 2022; 71:1073-1080. [PMID: 35100334 DOI: 10.2337/db21-0645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The pdx1-/- zebrafish mutant was recently established as a novel animal model of diabetic retinopathy. In this study, we investigate whether knockout of pdx1 also leads to diabetic kidney disease (DKD). pdx1-/- larvae exhibit several signs of early DKD, such as glomerular hypertrophy, impairments in the filtration barrier corresponding to microalbuminuria, and glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickening. Adult pdx1-/- mutants show progressive GBM thickening in comparison with the larval state. Heterozygous pdx1 knockout also leads to glomerular hypertrophy as initial establishment of DKD similar to the pdx1-/- larvae. RNA sequencing of adult pdx1+/- kidneys uncovered regulations in multiple expected diabetic pathways related to podocyte disruption and hinting at early vascular dysregulation without obvious morphological alterations. Metabolome analysis and pharmacological intervention experiments revealed the contribution of phosphatidylethanolamine in the early establishment of kidney damage. In conclusion, this study identified the pdx1 mutant as a novel model for the study of DKD, showing signs of the early disease progression already in the larval stage and several selective features of later DKD in adult mutants.
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- Lucas M Wiggenhauser
- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Lab, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Next-Generation Sequencing Core Facility, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Diabetes R&D, Insulin Biology Cluster, Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Tissue Bank of the National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Metabolomics Core Technology Platform, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Metabolomics Core Technology Platform, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Fifth Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Marques IJ, Ernst A, Arora P, Vianin A, Hetke T, Sanz-Morejón A, Naumann U, Odriozola A, Langa X, Andrés-Delgado L, Zuber B, Torroja C, Osterwalder M, Simões FC, Englert C, Mercader N. Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium. Development 2022; 149:274789. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.200375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During development, the heart grows by addition of progenitor cells to the poles of the primordial heart tube. In the zebrafish, Wilms tumor 1 transcription factor a (wt1a) and b (wt1b) genes are expressed in the pericardium, at the venous pole of the heart. From this pericardial layer, the proepicardium emerges. Proepicardial cells are subsequently transferred to the myocardial surface and form the epicardium, covering the myocardium. We found that while wt1a and wt1b expression is maintained in proepicardial cells, it is downregulated in pericardial cells that contribute cardiomyocytes to the developing heart. Sustained wt1b expression in cardiomyocytes reduced chromatin accessibility of specific genomic loci. Strikingly, a subset of wt1a- and wt1b-expressing cardiomyocytes changed their cell-adhesion properties, delaminated from the myocardium and upregulated epicardial gene expression. Thus, wt1a and wt1b act as a break for cardiomyocyte differentiation, and ectopic wt1a and wt1b expression in cardiomyocytes can lead to their transdifferentiation into epicardial-like cells.
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- Ines J. Marques
- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CNIC, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Microscopic Anatomy and Structural Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Microscopic Anatomy and Structural Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CNIC, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
- Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
- Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena 07745, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Regeneration, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern 3008, Switzerland
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares CNIC, Madrid 28029, Spain
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Bolten JS, Pratsinis A, Alter CL, Fricker G, Huwyler J. Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) larva as an in vivo vertebrate model to study renal function. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2022; 322:F280-F294. [PMID: 35037468 PMCID: PMC8858672 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00375.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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There is an increasing interest in using zebrafish (Danio rerio) larva as a vertebrate screening model to study drug disposition. As the pronephric kidney of zebrafish larvae shares high similarity with the anatomy of nephrons in higher vertebrates including humans, we explored in this study whether 3- to 4-day-old zebrafish larvae have a fully functional pronephron. Intravenous injection of fluorescent polyethylene glycol and dextran derivatives of different molecular weight revealed a cutoff of 4.4-7.6 nm in hydrodynamic diameter for passive glomerular filtration, which is in agreement with corresponding values in rodents and humans. Distal tubular reabsorption of a FITC-folate conjugate, covalently modified with PEG2000, via folate receptor 1 was shown. Transport experiments of fluorescent substrates were assessed in the presence and absence of specific inhibitors in the blood systems. Thereby, functional expression in the proximal tubule of organic anion transporter oat (slc22) multidrug resistance-associated protein mrp1 (abcc1), mrp2 (abcc2), mrp4 (abcc4), and zebrafish larva p-glycoprotein analog abcb4 was shown. In addition, nonrenal clearance of fluorescent substrates and plasma protein binding characteristics were assessed in vivo. The results of transporter experiments were confirmed by extrapolation to ex vivo experiments in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) proximal kidney tubules. We conclude that the zebrafish larva has a fully functional pronephron at 96 h postfertilization and is therefore an attractive translational vertebrate screening model to bridge the gap between cell culture-based test systems and pharmacokinetic experiments in higher vertebrates.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The study of renal function remains a challenge. In vitro cell-based assays are approved to study, e.g., ABC/SLC-mediated drug transport but do not cover other renal functions such as glomerular filtration. Here, in vivo studies combined with in vitro assays are needed, which are time consuming and expensive. In view of these limitations, our proof-of-concept study demonstrates that the zebrafish larva is a translational in vivo test model that allows for mechanistic investigations to study renal function.
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- Jan Stephan Bolten
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Bar Harbor, Maine
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Bar Harbor, Maine
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Bonatesta F, Emadi C, Price ER, Wang Y, Greer JB, Xu EG, Schlenk D, Grosell M, Mager EM. The developing zebrafish kidney is impaired by Deepwater Horizon crude oil early-life stage exposure: A molecular to whole-organism perspective. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 808:151988. [PMID: 34838918 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Crude oil is known to induce developmental defects in teleost fish exposed during early life stages (ELSs). While most studies in recent years have focused on cardiac endpoints, evidence from whole-animal transcriptomic analyses and studies with individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) indicate that the developing kidney (i.e., pronephros) is also at risk. Considering the role of the pronephros in osmoregulation, and the common observance of edema in oil-exposed ELS fish, surprisingly little is known regarding the effects of oil exposure on pronephros development and function. Using zebrafish (Danio rerio) ELSs, we assessed the transcriptional and morphological responses to two dilutions of high-energy water accommodated fractions (HEWAF) of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using a combination of qPCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization (WM-ISH) of candidate genes involved in pronephros development and function, and immunohistochemistry (WM-IHC). To assess potential functional impacts on the pronephros, three 24 h osmotic challenges (2 hypo-osmotic, 1 near iso-osmotic) were implemented at two developmental time points (48 and 96 h post fertilization; hpf) following exposure to HEWAF. Changes in transcript expression level and location specific to different regions of the pronephros were observed by qPCR and WM-ISH. Further, pronephros morphology was altered in crude oil exposed larvae, characterized by failed glomerulus and neck segment formation, and straightening of the pronephric tubules. The osmotic challenges at 96 hpf greatly exacerbated edema in both HEWAF-exposed groups regardless of osmolarity. By contrast, larvae at 48 hpf exhibited no edema prior to the osmotic challenge, but previous HEWAF exposure elicited a concentration-response increase in edema at hypo-osmotic conditions that appeared to have been largely alleviated under near iso-osmotic conditions. In summary, ELS HEWAF exposure impaired proper pronephros development in zebrafish, which coupled with cardiotoxic effects, most likely reduced or inhibited pronephros fluid clearance capacity and increased edema formation.
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- Fabrizio Bonatesta
- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Western Fisheries Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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Zebrafish Model-Based Assessment of Indoxyl Sulfate-Induced Oxidative Stress and Its Impact on Renal and Cardiac Development. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11020400. [PMID: 35204282 PMCID: PMC8869691 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Kidney disease patients may have concurrent chronic kidney disease-associated mineral bone disorder and hypertension. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and neuropathy occur due to kidney failure-induced accumulation of uremic toxins in the body. Indoxyl sulfate (IS), a product of indole metabolism in the liver, is produced from tryptophan by the intestinal flora and is ultimately excreted through the kidneys. Hemodialysis helps renal failure patients eliminate many nephrotoxins, except for IS, which leads to a poor prognosis. Although the impacts of IS on cardiac and renal development have been well documented using mouse and rat models, other model organisms, such as zebrafish, have rarely been studied. The zebrafish genome shares at least 70% similarity with the human genome; therefore, zebrafish are ideal model organisms for studying vertebrate development, including renal development. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of IS on the development of zebrafish embryos, especially cardiac and renal development. At 24 h postfertilization (hpf), zebrafish were exposed to IS at concentrations ranging from 2.5 to 10 mM. IS reduced survival and the hatching rate, caused cardiac edema, increased mortality, and shortened the body length of zebrafish embryos. In addition, IS decreased heart rates and renal function. IS affected zebrafish development via the ROS and MAPK pathways, which subsequently led to inflammation in the embryos. The results suggest that IS interferes with cardiac and renal development in zebrafish embryos, providing new evidence about the toxicity of IS to aquatic organisms and new insights for the assessment of human health risks. Accordingly, we suggest that zebrafish studies can ideally complement mouse model studies to allow the simultaneous and comprehensive investigation of the physiological impacts of uremic endotheliotoxins, such as IS, on cardiac and renal development.
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Chowdhury K, Lin S, Lai SL. Comparative Study in Zebrafish and Medaka Unravels the Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.783818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Tissue regeneration has been in the spotlight of research for its fascinating nature and potential applications in human diseases. The trait of regenerative capacity occurs diversely across species and tissue contexts, while it seems to decline over evolution. Organisms with variable regenerative capacity are usually distinct in phylogeny, anatomy, and physiology. This phenomenon hinders the feasibility of studying tissue regeneration by directly comparing regenerative with non-regenerative animals, such as zebrafish (Danio rerio) and mice (Mus musculus). Medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a fish model with a complete reference genome and shares a common ancestor with zebrafish approximately 110–200 million years ago (compared to 650 million years with mice). Medaka shares similar features with zebrafish, including size, diet, organ system, gross anatomy, and living environment. However, while zebrafish regenerate almost every organ upon experimental injury, medaka shows uneven regenerative capacity. Their common and distinct biological features make them a unique platform for reciprocal analyses to understand the mechanisms of tissue regeneration. Here we summarize current knowledge about tissue regeneration in these fish models in terms of injured tissues, repairing mechanisms, available materials, and established technologies. We further highlight the concept of inter-species and inter-organ comparisons, which may reveal mechanistic insights and hint at therapeutic strategies for human diseases.
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Hopfenmüller VL, Perner B, Reuter H, Bates TJD, Große A, Englert C. The Wilms Tumor Gene wt1a Contributes to Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier Function in Zebrafish. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:809962. [PMID: 35087838 PMCID: PMC8786916 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.809962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Wilms tumor suppressor gene Wt1 encodes a zinc finger transcription factor, which is highly conserved among vertebrates. It is a key regulator of urogenital development and homeostasis but also plays a role in other organs including the spleen and the heart. More recently additional functions for Wt1 in the mammalian central nervous system have been described. In contrast to mammals, bony fish possess two paralogous Wt1 genes, namely wt1a and wt1b. By performing detailed in situ hybridization analyses during zebrafish development, we discovered new expression domains for wt1a in the dorsal hindbrain, the caudal medulla and the spinal cord. Marker analysis identified wt1a expressing cells of the dorsal hindbrain as ependymal cells of the choroid plexus in the myelencephalic ventricle. The choroid plexus acts as a blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier and thus is crucial for brain homeostasis. By employing wt1a mutant larvae and a dye accumulation assay with fluorescent tracers we demonstrate that Wt1a is required for proper choroid plexus formation and function. Thus, Wt1a contributes to the barrier properties of the choroid plexus in zebrafish, revealing an unexpected role for Wt1 in the zebrafish brain.
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Hoffmann S, Mullins L, Rider S, Brown C, Buckley CB, Assmus A, Li Z, Sierra Beltran M, Henderson N, Del Pozo J, De Goes Martini A, Sequeira-Lopez MLS, Gomez RA, Mullins J. Comparative Studies of Renin-Null Zebrafish and Mice Provide New Functional Insights. Hypertension 2022; 79:e56-e66. [PMID: 35000430 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.18600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The renin-angiotensin system is highly conserved across vertebrates, including zebrafish, which possess orthologous genes coding for renin-angiotensin system proteins, and specialized mural cells of the kidney arterioles, capable of synthesising and secreting renin. METHODS We generated zebrafish with CRISPR-Cas9-targeted knockout of renin (ren-/-) to investigate renin function in a low blood pressure environment. We used single-cell (10×) RNA sequencing analysis to compare the transcriptome profiles of renin lineage cells from mesonephric kidneys of ren-/- with ren+/+ zebrafish and with the metanephric kidneys of Ren1c-/- and Ren1c+/+ mice. RESULTS The ren-/- larvae exhibited delays in larval growth, glomerular fusion and appearance of a swim bladder, but were viable and withstood low salinity during early larval stages. Optogenetic ablation of renin-expressing cells, located at the anterior mesenteric artery of 3-day-old larvae, caused a loss of tone, due to diminished contractility. The ren-/- mesonephric kidney exhibited vacuolated cells in the proximal tubule, which were also observed in Ren1c-/- mouse kidney. Fluorescent reporters for renin and smooth muscle actin (tg(ren:LifeAct-RFP; acta2:EGFP)), revealed a dramatic recruitment of renin lineage cells along the renal vasculature of adult ren-/- fish, suggesting a continued requirement for renin, in the absence of detectable angiotensin metabolites, as seen in the Ren1YFP Ren1c-/- mouse. Both phenotypes were rescued by alleles lacking the potential for glycosylation at exon 2, suggesting that glycosylation is not essential for normal physiological function. CONCLUSIONS Phenotypic similarities and transcriptional variations between mouse and zebrafish renin knockouts suggests evolution of renin cell function with terrestrial survival.
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- Scott Hoffmann
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Now with DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Switzerland (S.R.)
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Now with Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (C.B.B.)
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research (M.S.B., N.H.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research (M.S.B., N.H.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (N.H.)
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- Veterinary Pathology, Royal (Dick)School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, United Kingdom (J.d.P.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (A.D.G.M., M.L.S.S.-L., R.A.G.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (A.D.G.M., M.L.S.S.-L., R.A.G.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (A.D.G.M., M.L.S.S.-L., R.A.G.)
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science (S.H., L.M., S.R., C.B., C.B.B., A.A., Z.L., J.M.), The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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OUP accepted manuscript. Hum Mol Genet 2022; 31:2295-2306. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bauer B, Mally A, Liedtke D. Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae as Alternative Animal Models for Toxicity Testing. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13417. [PMID: 34948215 PMCID: PMC8707050 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Prerequisite to any biological laboratory assay employing living animals is consideration about its necessity, feasibility, ethics and the potential harm caused during an experiment. The imperative of these thoughts has led to the formulation of the 3R-principle, which today is a pivotal scientific standard of animal experimentation worldwide. The rising amount of laboratory investigations utilizing living animals throughout the last decades, either for regulatory concerns or for basic science, demands the development of alternative methods in accordance with 3R to help reduce experiments in mammals. This demand has resulted in investigation of additional vertebrate species displaying favourable biological properties. One prominent species among these is the zebrafish (Danio rerio), as these small laboratory ray-finned fish are well established in science today and feature outstanding biological characteristics. In this review, we highlight the advantages and general prerequisites of zebrafish embryos and larvae before free-feeding stages for toxicological testing, with a particular focus on cardio-, neuro, hepato- and nephrotoxicity. Furthermore, we discuss toxicokinetics, current advances in utilizing zebrafish for organ toxicity testing and highlight how advanced laboratory methods (such as automation, advanced imaging and genetic techniques) can refine future toxicological studies in this species.
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- Benedikt Bauer
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Julius-Maximilians-University, 97078 Würzburg, Germany; (B.B.); (A.M.)
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Julius-Maximilians-University, 97078 Würzburg, Germany; (B.B.); (A.M.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Julius-Maximilians-University, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Evaluation of endogenous miRNA reference genes across different zebrafish strains, developmental stages and kidney disease models. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22894. [PMID: 34819534 PMCID: PMC8613261 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The majority of kidney diseases arise from the loss of podocytes and from morphological changes of their highly complex foot process architecture, which inevitably leads to a reduced kidney filtration and total loss of kidney function. It could have been shown that microRNAs (miRs) play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of podocyte-associated kidney diseases. Due to their fully functioning pronephric kidney, larval zebrafish have become a popular vertebrate model, to study kidney diseases in vivo. Unfortunately, there is no consensus about a proper normalization strategy of RT-qPCR-based miRNA expression data in zebrafish. In this study we analyzed 9 preselected candidates dre-miR-92a-3p, dre-miR-206-3p, dre-miR-99-1, dre-miR-92b-3p, dre-miR-363-3p, dre-let-7e, dre-miR-454a, dre-miR-30c-5p, dre-miR-126a-5p for their capability as endogenous reference genes in zebrafish experiments. Expression levels of potential candidates were measured in 3 different zebrafish strains, different developmental stages, and in different kidney disease models by RT-qPCR. Expression values were analyzed with NormFinder, BestKeeper, GeNorm, and DeltaCt and were tested for inter-group differences. All candidates show an abundant expression throughout all samples and relatively high stability. The most stable candidate without significant inter-group differences was dre-miR-92b-3p making it a suitable endogenous reference gene for RT-qPCR-based miR expression zebrafish studies.
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Csenki Z, Garai E, Faisal Z, Csepregi R, Garai K, Sipos DK, Szabó I, Kőszegi T, Czéh Á, Czömpöly T, Kvell K, Poór M. The individual and combined effects of ochratoxin A with citrinin and their metabolites (ochratoxin B, ochratoxin C, and dihydrocitrinone) on 2D/3D cell cultures, and zebrafish embryo models. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 158:112674. [PMID: 34800554 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ochratoxin A and citrinin are nephrotoxic mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus, Penicillium, and/or Monascus species. The combined effects of ochratoxin A and citrinin have been examined in more studies; however, only limited data are available regarding the co-exposure to their metabolites. In this investigation, the individual toxic effects of ochratoxin A, ochratoxin B, ochratoxin C, citrinin, and dihydrocitrinone were tested as well as the combinations of ochratoxin A with the latter mycotoxins were examined on 2D and 3D cell cultures, and on zebrafish embryos. Our results demonstrate that even subtoxic concentrations of certain mycotoxins can increase the toxic impact of ochratoxin A. In addition, typically additive effects or synergism were observed as the combined effects of mycotoxins tested. These observations highlight that different cell lines (e.g. MDBK vs. MDCK), cell cultures (e.g. 2D vs. 3D), and models (e.g. in vitro vs. in vivo) can show different (sometimes opposite) impacts. Mycotoxin combinations considerably increased miR-731 levels in zebrafish embryos, which is an early marker of the toxicity on kidney development. These results underline that the co-exposure to mycotoxins (and/or mycotoxin metabolites) should be seriously considered, since even the barely toxic mycotoxins (or metabolites) in combinations can cause significant toxicity.
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- Zsolt Csenki
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Rókus u. 2, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
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- Lab-on-a-Chip Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Ifjúság út 13, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
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- Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Rókus u. 2, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Lab-on-a-Chip Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Ifjúság út 13, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
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- Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Soft Flow Ltd., Ürögi fasor 2/a, H-7634, Pécs, Hungary
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- Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Soft Flow Ltd., Ürögi fasor 2/a, H-7634, Pécs, Hungary
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- Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Rókus u. 2, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Rókus u. 2, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary; Food Biotechnology Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary.
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Choe CP, Choi SY, Kee Y, Kim MJ, Kim SH, Lee Y, Park HC, Ro H. Transgenic fluorescent zebrafish lines that have revolutionized biomedical research. Lab Anim Res 2021; 37:26. [PMID: 34496973 PMCID: PMC8424172 DOI: 10.1186/s42826-021-00103-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Since its debut in the biomedical research fields in 1981, zebrafish have been used as a vertebrate model organism in more than 40,000 biomedical research studies. Especially useful are zebrafish lines expressing fluorescent proteins in a molecule, intracellular organelle, cell or tissue specific manner because they allow the visualization and tracking of molecules, intracellular organelles, cells or tissues of interest in real time and in vivo. In this review, we summarize representative transgenic fluorescent zebrafish lines that have revolutionized biomedical research on signal transduction, the craniofacial skeletal system, the hematopoietic system, the nervous system, the urogenital system, the digestive system and intracellular organelles.
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- Chong Pyo Choe
- Division of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea.,Division of Applied Life Science, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, 04310, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Life Sciences and Fish Vaccine Research Center, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Ansan, 15355, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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Djenoune L, Tomar R, Dorison A, Ghobrial I, Schenk H, Hegermann J, Beverly-Staggs L, Hidalgo-Gonzalez A, Little MH, Drummond IA. Autonomous Calcium Signaling in Human and Zebrafish Podocytes Controls Kidney Filtration Barrier Morphogenesis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 32:1697-1712. [PMID: 33911000 PMCID: PMC8425667 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020101525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Podocytes are critical to maintaining the glomerular filtration barrier, and mutations in nephrotic syndrome genes are known to affect podocyte calcium signaling. However, the role of calcium signaling during podocyte development remains unknown. METHODS We undertook live imaging of calcium signaling in developing podocytes, using zebrafish larvae and human kidney organoids. To evaluate calcium signaling during development and in response to channel blockers and genetic defects, the calcium biosensor GCaMP6s was expressed in zebrafish podocytes. We used electron microscopy to evaluate filtration barrier formation in zebrafish, and Fluo-4 to detect calcium signals in differentiating podocytes in human kidney organoids. RESULTS Immature zebrafish podocytes (2.5 days postfertilization) generated calcium transients that correlated with interactions with forming glomerular capillaries. Calcium transients persisted until 4 days postfertilization, and were absent after glomerular barrier formation was complete. We detected similar calcium transients in maturing human organoid glomeruli, suggesting a conserved mechanism. In both models, inhibitors of SERCA or IP3 receptor calcium-release channels blocked calcium transients in podocytes, whereas lanthanum was ineffective, indicating the calcium source is from intracellular podocyte endoplasmic-reticulum stores. Calcium transients were not affected by blocking heartbeat or by blocking development of endothelium or endoderm, and they persisted in isolated glomeruli, suggesting podocyte-autonomous calcium release. Inhibition of expression of phospholipase C-γ1, but not nephrin or phospholipase C-ε1, led to significantly decreased calcium activity. Finally, blocking calcium release affected glomerular shape and podocyte foot process formation, supporting the critical role of calcium signaling in glomerular morphogenesis. CONCLUSIONS These findings establish podocyte cell-autonomous calcium signaling as a prominent and evolutionarily conserved feature of podocyte differentiation and demonstrate its requirement for podocyte foot process formation.
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- Lydia Djenoune
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,Research Core Unit Electron Microscopy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Electron Microscopy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Aging, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Aging, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
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Grivas D, González-Rajal Á, de la Pompa JL. Midkine-a Regulates the Formation of a Fibrotic Scar During Zebrafish Heart Regeneration. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:669439. [PMID: 34026760 PMCID: PMC8138450 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.669439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Unlike the hearts of mammals, the adult zebrafish heart regenerates after injury. Heart cryoinjury in zebrafish triggers the formation of a fibrotic scar that gradually degrades, leading to regeneration. Midkine-a (Mdka) is a multifunctional cytokine that is activated after cardiac injury. Here, we investigated the role of mdka in zebrafish heart regeneration. We show that mdka expression was induced at 1-day post-cryoinjury (dpci) throughout the epicardial layer, whereas by 7 dpci expression had become restricted to the epicardial cells covering the injured area. To study the role of mdka in heart regeneration, we generated mdka-knock out (KO) zebrafish strains. Analysis of injured hearts showed that loss of mdka decreased endothelial cell proliferation and resulted in an arrest in heart regeneration characterized by retention of a collagenous scar. Transcriptional analysis revealed increases in collagen transcription and intense TGFβ signaling activity. These results reveal a critical role for mdka in fibrosis regulation during heart regeneration.
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- Dimitrios Grivas
- Intercellular Signalling in Cardiovascular Development and Disease Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.,Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain.,Developmental Biology, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Intercellular Signalling in Cardiovascular Development and Disease Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.,Genomics and Epigenetics Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Intercellular Signalling in Cardiovascular Development and Disease Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.,Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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López-Cuevas P, Deane L, Yang Y, Hammond CL, Kague E. Transformed notochordal cells trigger chronic wounds destabilizing the vertebral column and bone homeostasis. Dis Model Mech 2021; 14:dmm.047001. [PMID: 33579726 PMCID: PMC7988777 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.047001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Notochordal cells play a pivotal role in vertebral column patterning, contributing to the formation of the inner architecture of intervertebral discs (IVDs). Their disappearance during development has been associated with reduced repair capacity and IVD degeneration. Notochord cells can give rise to chordomas, a highly invasive bone cancer associated with late diagnosis. Understanding the impact of neoplastic cells during development and on the surrounding vertebral column could open avenues for earlier intervention and therapeutics. We investigated the impact of transformed notochord cells in the zebrafish skeleton using a line expressing RAS in the notochord under the control of the kita promoter, with the advantage of adulthood endurance. Transformed cells caused damage in the notochord and destabilised the sheath layer, triggering a wound repair mechanism, with enrolment of sheath cells (col9a2+) and expression of wt1b, similar to induced notochord wounds. Moreover, increased recruitment of neutrophils and macrophages, displaying abnormal behaviour in proximity to the notochord sheath and transformed cells, supported parallels between chordomas, wound and inflammation. Cancerous notochordal cells interfere with differentiation of sheath cells to form chordacentra domains, leading to fusions and vertebral clefts during development. Adults displayed IVD irregularities reminiscent of degeneration, including reduced bone mineral density and increased osteoclast activity, along with disorganised osteoblasts and collagen, indicating impaired bone homeostasis. By depleting inflammatory cells, we abrogated chordoma development and rescued the skeletal features of the vertebral column. Therefore, we showed that transformed notochord cells alter the skeleton during life, causing a wound-like phenotype and activating chronic wound response, suggesting parallels between chordoma, wound, IVD degeneration and inflammation, highlighting inflammation as a promising target for future therapeutics. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: Analyses using a zebrafish line expressing RAS in the notochord, under the control of the kita promoter, revealed that transformed notochord cells alter the skeleton during life, causing a wound-like phenotype and activating chronic wound response.
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- Paco López-Cuevas
- The School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- The School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Physics, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.,Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1FD, UK.,Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK
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- The School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- The School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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Chu S, Kwon BR, Lee YM, Zoh KD, Choi K. Effects of 2-ethylhexyl-4-methoxycinnamate (EHMC) on thyroid hormones and genes associated with thyroid, neurotoxic, and nephrotoxic responses in adult and larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128176. [PMID: 33297144 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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One of the most widely used UV filters, 2-ethylhexyl-4-methoxycinnamate (EHMC), has been widely detected in the environment. While its endocrine disruption potential has often been reported, toxicological information on EHMC is limited. This study was conducted to determine the thyroid, neurological and renal toxicity potentials of EHMC in adult male and embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Following 21 d of exposure, plasma T3 concentration decreased in a concentration-dependent manner in adult zebrafish. Several genes related to thyroid hormone regulation were also downregulated in the brain, thyroid, and liver of the adult fish. In addition, upregulation of syn2a in the brain and downregulation of podocin and wt1a in the kidney were observed following the exposure in adult fish. In zebrafish larvae, following 120 h exposure to EHMC, whole-body T3 and T4 contents decreased, and thyroid hormone-related genes were downregulated. However, several genes showed different patterns of transcription in the larvae; for example, mbp and etv1 genes were downregulated and podocin was upregulated. Unlike adult fish, the larval fish showed significant genetic changes related to neurotoxicity. The hypothyroidism induced in the larval fish by the exposure might be potentially associated with the neurotoxic potential of EHMC. The implications of the observed hormonal and transcriptional-level changes in zebrafish at different life stages following long-term exposure warrant further investigation.
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- Seoyoon Chu
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Nephroprotective Role of Zhibai Dihuang Wan in Aristolochic Acid-Intoxicated Zebrafish. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:5204348. [PMID: 33344639 PMCID: PMC7725560 DOI: 10.1155/2020/5204348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zhibai Dihuang Wan (ZDW) is an eight-herbal formula of traditional Chinese medicine. Clinically, it regulated immune activity and was used to treat diabetes and renal disease. In this study, we aimed to explore the nephroprotective effect of ZDW in an aristolochic acid- (AA-) intoxicated zebrafish model. We used a green fluorescent kidney transgenic zebrafish to evaluate the nephroprotective effects of ZDW by recording subtle changes in the kidney. Our results demonstrated that ZDW treatment can attenuate AA-induced kidney malformations (60% for AA-treated, 47% for pretreatment with ZDW, and 17% for cotreatment ZDW with AA, n = 50). Furthermore, we found that the expression levels of tnfα and mpo were decreased either in pretreatment or cotreatment groups. In conclusion, our findings revealed that AA-induced nephrotoxicities can be attenuated by ZDW. Therefore, we believe that zebrafish represent an efficient model for screening AA-protective Chinese medicine.
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Is zebrafish heart regeneration "complete"? Lineage-restricted cardiomyocytes proliferate to pre-injury numbers but some fail to differentiate in fibrotic hearts. Dev Biol 2020; 471:106-118. [PMID: 33309949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Adult zebrafish are frequently described to be able to "completely" regenerate the heart. Yet, the extent to which cardiomyocytes lost to injury are replaced is unknown, since existing evidence for cardiomyocyte proliferation is indirect or non-quantitative. We established stereological methods to quantify the number of cardiomyocytes at several time-points post cryoinjury. Intriguingly, after cryoinjuries that killed about 1/3 of the ventricular cardiomyocytes, pre-injury cardiomyocyte numbers were restored already within 30 days. Yet, many hearts retained small residual scars, and a subset of cardiomyocytes bordering these fibrotic areas remained smaller, lacked differentiated sarcomeric structures, and displayed defective calcium signaling. Thus, a subset of regenerated cardiomyocytes failed to fully mature. While lineage-tracing experiments have shown that regenerating cardiomyocytes are derived from differentiated cardiomyocytes, technical limitations have previously made it impossible to test whether cardiomyocyte trans-differentiation contributes to regeneration of non-myocyte cell lineages. Using Cre responder lines that are expressed in all major cell types of the heart, we found no evidence for cardiomyocyte transdifferentiation into endothelial, epicardial, fibroblast or immune cell lineages. Overall, our results imply a refined answer to the question whether zebrafish can completely regenerate the heart: in response to cryoinjury, preinjury cardiomyocyte numbers are indeed completely regenerated by proliferation of lineage-restricted cardiomyocytes, while restoration of cardiomyocyte differentiation and function, as well as resorption of scar tissue, is less robustly achieved.
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Epting D, Senaratne LDS, Ott E, Holmgren A, Sumathipala D, Larsen SM, Wallmeier J, Bracht D, Frikstad KM, Crowley S, Sikiric A, Barøy T, Käsmann‐Kellner B, Decker E, Decker C, Bachmann N, Patzke S, Phelps IG, Katsanis N, Giles R, Schmidts M, Zucknick M, Lienkamp SS, Omran H, Davis EE, Doherty D, Strømme P, Frengen E, Bergmann C, Misceo D. Loss of CBY1 results in a ciliopathy characterized by features of Joubert syndrome. Hum Mutat 2020; 41:2179-2194. [PMID: 33131181 PMCID: PMC7756669 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ciliopathies are clinically and genetically heterogeneous diseases. We studied three patients from two independent families presenting with features of Joubert syndrome: abnormal breathing pattern during infancy, developmental delay/intellectual disability, cerebellar ataxia, molar tooth sign on magnetic resonance imaging scans, and polydactyly. We identified biallelic loss-of-function (LOF) variants in CBY1, segregating with the clinical features of Joubert syndrome in the families. CBY1 localizes to the distal end of the mother centriole, contributing to the formation and function of cilia. In accordance with the clinical and mutational findings in the affected individuals, we demonstrated that depletion of Cby1 in zebrafish causes ciliopathy-related phenotypes. Levels of CBY1 transcript were found reduced in the patients compared with controls, suggesting degradation of the mutated transcript through nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay. Accordingly, we could detect CBY1 protein in fibroblasts from controls, but not from patients by immunofluorescence. Furthermore, we observed reduced ability to ciliate, increased ciliary length, and reduced levels of the ciliary proteins AHI1 and ARL13B in patient fibroblasts. Our data show that CBY1 LOF-variants cause a ciliopathy with features of Joubert syndrome.
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- Daniel Epting
- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of MedicineMedical Center‐University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of MedicineMedical Center‐University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Division of Pediatric and Adolescent MedicineOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Klinik für Kinder‐ und JugendmedizinUniversitätsklinikum MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Klinik für Kinder‐ und JugendmedizinUniversitätsklinikum MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Institute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospitals–Norwegian Radium HospitalOsloNorway
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- Division of Pediatric and Adolescent MedicineOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of NeurohabilitationOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
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- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Section of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Low Vision, Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of SaarlandHomburgGermany
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- Medizinische Genetik MainzLimbach GeneticsMainzGermany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Institute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospitals–Norwegian Radium HospitalOsloNorway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research InstituteUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Center for Human Disease ModelingDuke University Medical CenterDurhamNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Nephrology and HypertensionUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- International Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesRadboud University NijmegenNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute for Basic Medical SciencesUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Klinik für Kinder‐ und JugendmedizinUniversitätsklinikum MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Center for Human Disease ModelingDuke University Medical CenterDurhamNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research InstituteUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Division of Pediatric and Adolescent MedicineOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Medicine IV, Faculty of MedicineMedical Center‐University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
- Medizinische Genetik MainzLimbach GeneticsMainzGermany
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- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University Hospital, University of OsloOsloNorway
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Apaydin DC, Jaramillo PAM, Corradi L, Cosco F, Rathjen FG, Kammertoens T, Filosa A, Sawamiphak S. Early-Life Stress Regulates Cardiac Development through an IL-4-Glucocorticoid Signaling Balance. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108404. [PMID: 33207196 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Stressful experiences early in life can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, it remains largely unknown how stress influences susceptibility to the disease onset. Here, we show that exposure to brain-processed stress disrupts myocardial growth by reducing cardiomyocyte mitotic activity. Activation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), the primary stress response pathway, reduces cardiomyocyte numbers, disrupts trabecular formation, and leads to contractile dysfunction of the developing myocardium. However, a physiological level of GR signaling is required to prevent cardiomyocyte hyperproliferation. Mechanistically, we identify an antagonistic interaction between the GR and the cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) as a key player in cardiac development. IL-4 signals transcription of key regulators of cell-cycle progression in cardiomyocytes via signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3). GR, on the contrary, inhibits this signaling system. Thus, our findings uncover an interplay between stress and immune signaling pathways critical to orchestrating physiological growth of the heart.
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- Dilem C Apaydin
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany; Institute of Immunology, Charité Campus Berlin Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Adriamycin does not damage podocytes of zebrafish larvae. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242436. [PMID: 33186381 PMCID: PMC7665694 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Podocytes are highly specialized epithelial cells that are essential for an intact glomerular filtration barrier in the kidney. Several glomerular diseases like focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are initially due to podocyte injury and loss. Since causative treatments for FSGS are not available until today, drug screening is of great relevance. In order to test a high number of drugs, FSGS needs to be reliably induced in a suitable animal model. The zebrafish larva is an ideal model for kidney research due to the vast amount of offsprings, the rapid development of a simple kidney and a remarkable homology to the mammalian glomerulus. Zebrafish larvae possess a size-selective glomerular filtration barrier at 4 days post fertilization including podocytes with interdigitating foot processes that are connected by a slit membrane. Adriamycin is an anthracycline which is often used in mice and rats to induce a FSGS-like phenotype. In this study, we aimed to induce a similar phenotype to zebrafish larvae by adding adriamycin to the tank water in different concentrations. Surprisingly, zebrafish larvae did not develop glomerular injury and displayed an intact filtration barrier after treatment with adriamycin. This was shown by (immuno-) histology, our filtration assay, in vivo imaging by 2-photon microcopy, RT-(q)PCR as well as transmission electron microscopy. To summarize, adriamycin is unable to induce a podocyte-related damage in zebrafish larvae and therefore major effort must be made to establish FSGS in zebrafish larvae to identify effective drugs by screenings.
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Li X, Schmöhl F, Qi H, Bennewitz K, Tabler CT, Poschet G, Hell R, Volk N, Poth T, Hausser I, Morgenstern J, Fleming T, Nawroth PP, Kroll J. Regulation of Gluconeogenesis by Aldo-keto-reductase 1a1b in Zebrafish. iScience 2020; 23:101763. [PMID: 33251496 PMCID: PMC7683270 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Regulation of glucose homeostasis is a fundamental process to maintain blood glucose at a physiological level, and its dysregulation is associated with the development of several metabolic diseases. Here, we report on a zebrafish mutant for Aldo-keto-reductase 1a1b (akr1a1b) as a regulator of gluconeogenesis. Adult akr1a1b−/− mutant zebrafish developed fasting hypoglycemia, which was caused by inhibiting phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression as rate-limiting enzyme of gluconeogenesis. Subsequently, glucogenic amino acid glutamate as substrate for gluconeogenesis accumulated in the kidneys, but not in livers, and induced structural and functional pronephros alterations in 48-hpf akr1a1b−/− embryos. Akr1a1b−/− mutants displayed increased nitrosative stress as indicated by increased nitrotyrosine, and increased protein-S-nitrosylation. Inhibition of nitrosative stress using the NO synthase inhibitor L-NAME prevented kidney damage and normalized PEPCK expression in akr1a1b−/− mutants. Thus, the data have identified Akr1a1b as a regulator of gluconeogenesis in zebrafish and thereby controlling glucose homeostasis. Adult akr1a1b−/− mutant zebrafish develop fasting hypoglycemia Loss of Akr1a1b inhibits renal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression Accumulation of glucogenic amino acid glutamate alters the kidney in akr1a1b mutants Akr1a1b regulates gluconeogenesis via protein-S-nitrosylation
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- Xiaogang Li
- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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- Metabolomics Core Technology Platform, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Metabolomics Core Technology Platform, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Tissue Bank of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- CMCP - Center for Model System and Comparative Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg 85764, Germany.,Joint Heidelberg-IDC Translational Diabetes Program, Helmholtz-Zentrum, München, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
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Hansen KUI, Siegerist F, Daniel S, Schindler M, Iervolino A, Blumenthal A, Daniel C, Amann K, Zhou W, Endlich K, Endlich N. Prolonged podocyte depletion in larval zebrafish resembles mammalian focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. FASEB J 2020; 34:15961-15974. [PMID: 33070374 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000724r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histological pattern frequently found in patients with nephrotic syndrome that often progress to end-stage kidney disease. The initial step in development of this histologically defined entity is injury and ultimately depletion of podocytes, highly arborized interdigitating cells on the glomerular capillaries with important function for the glomerular filtration barrier. Since there are still no causal therapeutic options, animal models are needed to develop new treatment strategies. Here, we present an FSGS-like model in zebrafish larvae, an eligible vertebrate model for kidney research. In a transgenic zebrafish strain, podocytes were depleted, and the glomerular response was investigated by histological and morphometrical analysis combined with immunofluorescence staining and ultrastructural analysis by transmission electron microscopy. By intravenous injection of fluorescent high-molecular weight dextran, we confirmed leakage of the size selective filtration barrier. Additionally, we observed severe podocyte foot process effacement of remaining podocytes, activation of proximal tubule-like parietal epithelial cells identified by ultrastructural cytomorphology, and expression of proximal tubule markers. These activated cells deposited extracellular matrix on the glomerular tuft which are all hallmarks of FSGS. Our findings indicate that glomerular response to podocyte depletion in larval zebrafish resembles human FSGS in several important characteristics. Therefore, this model will help to investigate the disease development and the effects of potential drugs in a living organism.
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Biogem Research Institute Gaetano Salvatore, Ariano Irpino, Italy
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Sanz-Morejón A, García-Redondo AB, Reuter H, Marques IJ, Bates T, Galardi-Castilla M, Große A, Manig S, Langa X, Ernst A, Piragyte I, Botos MA, González-Rosa JM, Ruiz-Ortega M, Briones AM, Salaices M, Englert C, Mercader N. Wilms Tumor 1b Expression Defines a Pro-regenerative Macrophage Subtype and Is Required for Organ Regeneration in the Zebrafish. Cell Rep 2020; 28:1296-1306.e6. [PMID: 31365871 PMCID: PMC6685527 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Organ regeneration is preceded by the recruitment of innate immune cells, which play an active role during repair and regrowth. Here, we studied macrophage subtypes during organ regeneration in the zebrafish, an animal model with a high regenerative capacity. We identified a macrophage subpopulation expressing Wilms tumor 1b (wt1b), which accumulates within regenerating tissues. This wt1b+ macrophage population exhibited an overall pro-regenerative gene expression profile and different migratory behavior compared to the remainder of the macrophages. Functional studies showed that wt1b regulates macrophage migration and retention at the injury area. Furthermore, wt1b-null mutant zebrafish presented signs of impaired macrophage differentiation, delayed fin growth upon caudal fin amputation, and reduced cardiomyocyte proliferation following cardiac injury that correlated with altered macrophage recruitment to the regenerating areas. We describe a pro-regenerative macrophage subtype in the zebrafish and a role for wt1b in organ regeneration. Wt1b+ macrophages reveal a pro-regenerative gene expression prolife Wt1b controls migration behavior of macrophages during fin and heart regeneration Wt1b regulates differentiation of macrophages in the kidney marrow wt1b mutants reveal impaired fin and heart regeneration
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- Andrés Sanz-Morejón
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain; Department of Pharmacology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IIS-Hospital La Paz, Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IIS-Hospital La Paz, Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IIS-Hospital La Paz, Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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